Chapter 62 Red Line "What? Are you in love now?" ...
There are no four seasons in the Nine Heavens, with gentle breezes and warm weather all year round. The opposite is true in the Underworld, which is always freezing cold.
As soon as Song Xieqing stepped into the underworld, the fabric of his clothes froze solid due to the cold current in this world. When he walked against the gloomy wind to the edge of the underworld, his eyebrows, eyes and temples were all covered with frost.
The underworld is in charge of the records of life and death in the human world. Song Xieqing originally thought that such an important place would be heavily guarded. However, when he stepped into Wujiya, there were only a few ghost messengers coming, and they did not pay much attention to him.
To enter the inner realm of Wujiya, one had to walk through a narrow and dark path. There was no light at all along the path, and Song Xieqing could not use any magic inside. He didn't know how long he had been walking, until his legs and feet were almost stiff, and then an inch of white light appeared in front of his eyes.
In front of a multi-story pavilion with black walls and dark tiles stood a three-foot-tall ghost child. He had no hair, only two horns on his left and right. When the ghost child saw Song Xieqing approaching, he raised his arms to block the pavilion door and asked, "Who is visiting Wujiya?"
Song Xieqing glanced inside the doorway, unable to glimpse the darkness within. He bowed briefly and said, "I was sent from the higher realms to the Underworld to aid you. Now that I see Wujiya so desolate, I've made the right decision to come."
The ghost boy's cheeks were chubby, giving him the look of a typical child. But when he heard Song Xieqing's words, his eyes suddenly lit up with wariness. "Nonsense! Who the hell are you? The Nine Heavens have offended the Divine Lord, so all the gods and immortals, both great and small, have gone to the Blazing Sky Snow Region to offer sacrifices and apologize for their crimes! The other five realms will also be punished and sent to the Blazing Sky Snow Region. It's not just the Underworld, every realm in the Six Realms is short of people. Why would the Nine Heavens send a little immortal to the Infinite Edge to help?! Do you think I'm easy to fool?"
Not only the Underworld, but the other realms are also deserted? Then, as the instigator of the Nine Heavens, there is no need to mention it...
Thinking of this, Song Xieqing couldn't help but smile. Seeing that he smiled but didn't answer, the ghost boy wanted to teach this fairy a lesson. Unexpectedly, this unknown fairy had already secretly made some secret moves, and he saw a seal opened quickly in front of him, knocking the ghost boy down in an instant before he could react.
The ghost boy crawled on the ground, his eyes about to close, watching Song Xieqing step into the dark door.
The room was pitch dark, but as his shoes clattered to the floor, the surroundings suddenly became as bright as day. There were no lamps or candles, and even the sun was invisible when he looked up. Song Xieqing didn't know where the bright light came from. He looked around, it was endless, with leaves of all shapes and sizes floating in the air.
Song Xieqing casually picked up a leaf, and the veins of the leaf turned into tiny characters, which was nothing more than a beginningless poem. There was a name called Jiang Lai engraved on the end of the leaf. He pondered it for a while. This poem recorded the calm life of the protagonist. She landed peacefully and passed away peacefully. She had no achievements in history, nor was she destined to be rich and powerful. Fortunately, she was able to enjoy her old age and experience all kinds of things in the world. Isn't this another kind of perfection?
He carefully returned the leaf to the void. It seemed that the life leaf in this realm was what was called a short life. Song Xieqing lifted his sleeves and saw a circle of black hair wrapped around his wrist bone. He had secretly cut it when Zhu Hao was sleeping soundly. Song Xieqing gently picked up the hair, and a few strands of hair floated in the void with the life leaf. The hair circled in the air for several times, leading Song Xieqing forward.
This world has no boundaries. As Song Xieqing moves forward, the originally empty white scene all around him gradually begins to reflect colors. One moment, he sees the bustling streets of the human world with cars and horses, and the next moment, he sees the icebergs and snowfields of the human world. All the scenes of the human world are contained in this area, which makes people dazzled.
The hair paused for a moment, swirled several times in the low air, and suddenly wrapped around a life leaf that was as clear as ice.
Song Xieqing reached out his hand very gently and held up the transparent and flawless life leaf, with only the red veins visible.
When he saw clearly the words appearing on the life leaf, Song Xieqing's hand holding the life leaf could not stop shaking.
Zhu Hao was born with a weak heart meridian, which Song Xieqing discovered when they first met her. Fortunately, after years of recuperation, the condition was no longer serious. However, due to the trial a year ago and her fall from the cliff, she became ill again. According to the meaning of this poem, she would not survive the next winter.
Song Xieqing lay on his back in the boundless strange land. He held the crystal clear Life Leaf close to his chest. The blood-red veins of the leaf were like her heart veins. He seemed to be able to hear the sound of her healthy and strong heartbeat from it.
If he had not stood by and watched, but instead helped her out of her predicament, and had saved her from falling off the cliff and being flogged, would she... have lived a long life?
If she died in a disaster, what would he do to prevent her from weakening? She was currently maintaining a healthy appearance with the help of the exotic flowers from the forbidden area. So, what would happen next winter?
Song Xieqing was drowning in a myriad of thoughts when a sudden gust of wind came from nowhere, carrying fine snow and icy snow all over his body. The Life Leaf against his chest was burning hot, and his heart seemed to be burning a hole. Song Xieqing released his hand from the Life Leaf, but saw the Life Leaf, as transparent as ice, spinning in the air, changing its shape, sometimes like a star, sometimes like a crescent moon. In the blink of an eye, it returned to the shape of a leaf, but like the strong wind just now, it flew to the side in a hurry.
Song Xieqing followed Mingye out of the pavilion. The ghost boy was already lying on the ground unconscious. Mingye went straight to the narrow and dark path. It was different from when he came. When Song Xieqing was walking alone, it was so dark that he couldn't tell the north from the south. But now his wife Xiaoye was leading the way for him. Mingye emitted a warm and bright light, illuminating the way ahead for the two of them.
He softened his previously stiff brows and asked softly, "Would you like to take me somewhere fun?"
The life leaf stopped and circled around Song Xieqing, gently brushing against the corners of his eyes and lips before continuing forward.
When Song Xieqing came, he only met a few ghost messengers or wandering souls from the underworld, and none of them paid any attention to Song Xieqing. Now that he had the Life Leaf leading the way, it was hard not to attract the attention of all the ghosts. The wandering souls turned a blind eye to it, but when the ghost messengers saw the Life Leaf in front of Song Xieqing, they all blocked his way.
"Who dares to steal the Book of Life?"
With shouts, the ghost officials who were still in the underworld all approached Song Xieqing. Song Xieqing opened up a magic array under his feet and forced back the ghost officials who tried to get close to him and Ming Ye.
Another ghost magic attacked from above. Song Xieqing turned his hand back and formed a seal with his right hand. The dazzling light under the cover shattered it. Wherever Song Xieqing went, the ghost officials fell down.
If the masters of the six realms who had some ability were not in the Blazing Sky Snow Region offering sacrifices to the spirit of the Lord God and apologizing for their sins, he really would not be sure of breaking out.
Song Xieqing saw Mingye heading straight for a dead tree at the edge of the river. It did not collide with the trunk, but hid in the dead tree.
His palm touched the dry trunk, and the next moment, Song Xieqing was sucked in by a brute force from within.
The four realms were like falling black ink, and the life leaf that led the way for him was nowhere to be found. At this moment, the place where he walked suddenly began to ripple with red-gold color. Every step Song Xieqing took, a circle appeared under his feet. In the realm of black sky and black earth, an old and dusty ancient book flew out from the void, and on it was the inscription - Record of Cleansing the Soul.
He had not yet touched the ancient book, and there was no wind around, but the pages of the ancient book were turning rapidly, and the Soul Cleansing Record was shining brightly. When he caught a glimpse of the words written on it, Song Xieqing's heart suddenly felt revived.
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"What are you planning on doing here, bringing Qingjun to the tiny Qinse Palace?" Song Yue, holding a budding branch, teased two cricket-like winged insects in a cup, jokingly saying, "What did I say originally? Oh, I advised you to just snatch her away. What did you say?"
Song Yue stopped what he was doing, his usual nonchalant expression suddenly turned serious, his brows furrowed in a serious frown, "I never said I liked her." After saying this, Song Yue couldn't help but smile, "So? Are you madly in love with her now?"
Song Xieqing lifted the slightly soiled corner of his robe and sat down. Instead of answering, he asked, "Shouldn't a Divine Lord of the Ninth Heaven, possessing divine rank, offer sacrifices to the Divine Master's spirit in the Blazing Snow Region and apologize for his sins?" He said casually, "Aren't you a good talent? How could you be absent from these occasions?"
Song Yue completely abandoned his branch and quit. Wasn't this all due to him trespassing into the forbidden area? His eyes, still as clear as the breeze and bright moon, were clearly unaware that the flowers he plucked nearly tore apart the Nine Heavens.
As for the Snowy Region of Blazing Sky, it borders the Demon Realm on the left and the Nine Heavens on the right. This region retains the chaos of the early creation of the universe, so it has two worlds of ice and fire. Since the gods almost fell into the hands of the Lord God, the gods have not yet recovered when the forbidden area sent a message, saying that the Lord God is still angry and ordered the six realms to go to the Snowy Region of Blazing Sky to offer sacrifices to the spirits.
The reason he remained in the Ninth Heaven...was because the old Celestial Emperor found his knees an eyesore and feared he might cause trouble again. Song Yue was also partially puzzled by this. While he was extremely confident in his cultivation and talent, he still knew his own limitations in front of the Divine Lord. So, if that was the case, why was he so reluctant to bend his knees? After leaving the forbidden area, Song Yue tried again and was able to kneel normally...
However, he was too lazy to argue with Song Xiqing about these things, and he still carried the chill of the underworld on him. Song Yue found it strange, not knowing what earth-shaking deeds the gods were doing.
Song Yue yawned repeatedly, "Are you here to seek marriage? If not, I'll go to sleep."
"Song Yue." Song Xieqing raised his eyes, "Can you show me the red thread again? If it's convenient, I'd like to see mine too."
"What's so good about it? It's just your wife's red thread entangled with a man other than you?" Having said that, Song Yue still condensed a red streak in his palm. He was bored at the moment anyway, so he might as well look at Song Xieqing's jealous look to relieve his boredom.
Two red threads were entangled in the palm of Song Yue's left hand, creating a charming scene of love between a man and a woman. Song Xieqing was so happy before, but now he was so upset.
On the other hand, Song Yue's right palm was only a lonely red thread. Ah! The fate of man and god was destined to be without love. Song Yue suppressed a smile and was about to take a look at Song Xieqing's despair and amusing expression, when in the blink of an eye, the red threads on both hands were snatched away by him.
Almost in an instant, Song Xieqing tightened the two tangled red threads, and he pulled hard, but saw the two red threads completely dispersed in front of the two people's eyes.
Song Yue: ...?
It wasn't like Song Yue couldn't get it back, so why was he so indifferent? It was simply because Song Yue was too lazy to bother. The red thread, though called a "thread," was the most resilient thing in the upper realm. It was a bond forged by heaven, so how could it be destroyed by a mere human god?
He stared at Song Xieqing, his eyes full of complexities. What was this man's origin? Was he really just Hua Xi's child left behind in the lower realms? If his master returned and learned of this, wouldn't she throw him into the Medicine God's alchemy furnace?
Song Yue had never expected that the matter would not end there—Song Xieqing had entwined his red string with the red string of the mortal woman from the lower realm, even tying a knot. This scene was unprecedented in the Qinse Palace! Incredibly, his and Zhu Hao's red strings were actually rubbing against each other, entwining, as if they were meant to be.
Is this how you pray for marriage?
While Song Yue admired Song Xieqing's madness, he couldn't help but wonder, could it be that he also had the talent to be the Moon Goddess?
Song Yue's interest suddenly piqued, and he couldn't help but wonder what Song Xieqing's next move would be. He simply told Song Xieqing the consequences of entering the forbidden area and the reason why the six realms were traveling to the Blazing Snow Region. Then he said with a smile, "Xieqing Jun, what's our next move?"
Song Xieqing recalled what was recorded in the ancient books and said bluntly: "The corner of the sea."
Song Yue: "Crazy."
Since you have become a god, how can you not see through the word love?
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The Blazing Snow Realm is a world of ice and fire, one moment scorching the gods with sweat, the next chilling them to the bone. The demons and devils from the six realms gathered here must infuse a portion of their cultivation into a spiritual talisman, which is then burned in the Cauldron of All Things. This cultivation transforms into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, purifying the foul air of the six realms. This is a spiritual offering. Fortunately, the Lord God is not too cold-hearted, and there's no need for them to kneel for a long time. Instead, they can rest in the Jade Palace he's constructed with his magical powers. Once the spiritual talisman in the Cauldron of All Things has burned, they can return home.
Hua Xi and his wife were also resting in an inner hall. Yun You observed her husband, who was nonchalantly reading a book. She said in a cold tone, "Hua Xi, let me ask you this: when the woman who had emerged from the Forbidden Territory was nearly killed, even the Heavenly Emperor remained indifferent. Why did you bother to join in the fun? Didn't you see that the Heavenly Emperor was deliberately testing this woman? Hua Xi! Tell me, why did you bring disaster upon yourself?!"
She laughed at herself, "This girl, is it her?"
Hua Xi put down the book. "Her? Ah You, what can't be said openly between you and me?"
"Alright! But you have to make me say it clearly!" Yun You pointed his halberd at Hua Xi and said angrily, "She is the mother of my child that you, an unfortunate fellow, brought from the lower realm!"
Hua Xi showed no sign of anger; he maintained his usual composure. "Ayou, you know full well that whether deposed or undergoing tribulation, or like me, gods sent down to the mortal world by the Emperor of Heaven, are not allowed to retain any memories of their time as gods. Song Ling is me, yet he is not me. If I remembered everything, how could I have married Haitang?"
"She's Atang, right?" Yun You picked up Hua Xi's scroll and threw it to the ground. "You and I are a marriage between gods, so it's normal that you don't like me. You've been putting up with me for eight thousand years, which has been really hard on God Lord Hua Xi. Now that you've found your ex-wife in the mortal world, are you going to reconcile with her?"
"It's not hard." Hua Xi picked up the scroll and said, "Yun You, stop making trouble."
"Ah? In the end, I'm the one who's fooling around again? It's because you always have a cold face. If you smiled at me more, I wouldn't have such thoughts."
Hua Xi was speechless. Suddenly, a fairy maiden flashed in from the outside. "Lord God! Something terrible has happened! Xie Qingjun went to the underworld and beat the ghost messenger to the ground. He, he went to Wujiya and stole the life leaf of a mortal woman. Although, the life leaf returned on its own! But... Xie Qingjun went to Qinse Palace again, and under the nose of Songyue God, he tore apart other people's red strings... And, he also tore apart his own red string..."
The fairy was out of breath and simply went straight to the end and said, "Xiqing Jun is now at the corner of the sea."
What exactly is that Canghaijiao? An ancient battlefield! Filled with the remnants of ancient demons and gods, and the foul aura of evil! The Nine Heavens are unable to reclaim this region for their own use, and none of the Six Realms' most prominent demons, ghosts, and gods dare to set foot there.
Yun You followed Hua Xi to the corner of Canghai. "He doesn't look like you, nor does he look like Song Ling."
Hua Xi suddenly stopped at this, and looked towards the dark road ahead. "Ayou, go back."
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